el cordobes Flashcards
what came before remembrance day
armistace day
fell on the monday of the week of novembet 11
spanish civil war
1936-1939, preceded WWII
loss of 500k spanish and 700 canadian lives
- 200k from execution and reprisal/retaliation killings
republicans: soviet
nationalists: far right, nazi germany and italy
at start of WWII, germany at advantage bcs of air training grounds in civil war
el cordobes real name
manuel benitez perez
general fransisco franco
dictator leading the nationalists, WON the spanish civil war
introduced economic reform so the country returned to prev standing as democracy after his death
MBP father
fought for the republicans, thrown into jail for 8 years
released shortly before he died of tuberculosis
canada and spanish civil war
no official/sanctioned involvement, didn’t send troops
volunteers illegally served in the war, leaving under false pretenses since it was prohibited by the gov
unknown number, could be 1800 canadians
those who died are not in canada’s national book of remembrance
mackenzie-papineau battalion
thought 1200-1500 canadians fought w republicans in this battalion
what happened after franco’s death
died 1975
the pact of forgetting, to forego investigations of events tied to the civil war
- avoid digging up the past
emilio silva
early 2000s, architect who dug up mass graves
DNA testing, matched bodies to living relatives to return them
el cordobes early life
father died TB
mother died at 36 when he was 5
raised by local church, sometimes older sister
childhood of poverty and hunger
palma
MBP hometown, was seized by republicans
- drove ppl out, executions, stole land
don felix moreno: cruel owner, had his bulls slaughtered for meat and was driven away
- returned w nationalists who executed any republicans
when and where was MBP’s first large scale bullfight
may 20, 1964 in madrid
“las ventas”: plaaza de la toros
- spain’s most famous bullfighting site
- was gored in leg but survived
manuel rodriguez
aka manolete, famous bullfighter who died from goring
his death rivaled MBP’s debut
MBP importance in spain
rags to riches story used by franco to support his regime…promote spain
ironic bcs franco caused MBP’s father’s death
- they became friendly
television espanola
aka TVE
gov funded TV station, wanted bullfighting as a program
bullfight operators reluctant bcs their main revenue was from gate entry
european broadcasting union
all euro TV stations were run by govs, funded by taxpayers
MBP and TV
bullfighters realized TV could inc reputation
- could refuse to be televised if already shown 2x in a season
thousands bullfights, 1% televised
11/yr –> 15/yr after MBP debut
regional restrictions so can’t televise if another fight occurring
sold out shows only
how was TV used by gov
counter-programming to planned public demonstrations against the franco regime
if protest was staged, TVE would play bullfight so dec protest numbers
manuel diaz
bullfighter who claimed MBP was his father thru affair
paternity test, MBP accepted him in 2017
